Calls for emergency summit

They have called on Health Minister Roger Cook to convene a summit where approaches to the issue can be re-assessed.

"The frontline for violence is hospitals is everywhere, obviously emergency departments are a real crisis point but we see it in wards, even in day clinics," United Voice WA secretary Carolyn Smith said.

"This is a widespread issue."

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The union says the only way to tackle the problem is to make sure that frontline staff are involved in shaping any changes made in hospitals to tackle the problem.

"There isn't one simple fix," Smith said.

"This is a meth issue, this is a mental health issue, this is an issue of insufficient staffing."